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| title | date | description | categories | tags | |
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| In_the_Pipeline | 2023-03-30T10:05:20-07:00 | Other - Projects |
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I am in the process of moving so things are a bit chaotic at the moment. This, however, does not mean that things aren't on the stack to post about. In fact, this move will actually increase the amount of projects I can work on [as if i didn't have a hard enough time following through as it is]. Here is a quick rundown.
We are in the process of building a shed which will be the dedicated Xavi's Hobbies project space [keeps all the fires out of the house]. Right now we are still in the process of putting in the insulation and dry wall [gotta make it cozy you know] but once the dry wall is in, we are going to paint them, seal the floors, set up the storage shelves and workbench, and move everything in.
Once everything is put into place I have two electronics projects that I want to get to. First, I want to finish building my first PCB from scratch. I have everything I need to make the PCB, I just need the time and space to actually get it done. Second, I would like to get familiar with RF electronics using a VNA [vector network analyzer] that I just got [more toys!]. I just ordered a NanoVNA that lots of people recommended to get started in the RF world. It looks like its really hard to beat the NanoVNAs utility at the given price point. Most VNAs I've seen have been in the thousands to tens of thousands range where I payed $150 for this one [and according to my calculations that's less than $10,000]. There are obviously some limitations with the NanoVNA that the others might not have but I think it'll be more than enough for my purposes [at least for now].
In other news, the banjo build is still in the works, just on a brief hiatus [sure it is] as we get settled. We might head down to a gourd patch just to check out if we can make a gourd banjo after the Kentucky style one [maybe even pick up some seeds to see if we can grow our own].
I also have some cooking recipes that I have made [and actually took pictures this time] that I would like to post pretty soon.
And finally, we have also gotten back into some TTRPGs [table top role playing games, like D&D] that I might post about. I was thinking about adding things about our simple terrain builds and the session prep I do as a DM [dungeon master]. I might even get some players to post a dungeon journal if the would like.
Welp, there's the things that are on the stack [at least as far down as I am able to see].